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The Warwick Hotel
Local Law 10/80 Repair Program

Publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst built The Warwick
in 1927 as a lavish guesthouse for his celebrity friends.


Restoration work included repairing terra cotta and stonework elements and replacing window lintels.


The first three floors of the street facades were pressure washed using an environmentally safe cleaning solution.
Property:
The Warwick Hotel
65 West 54th Street
36-story, 426-room hotel in Midtown Manhattan
Project Scope:
Local Law 10/80 inspection.
Design/
Bidding: 		  May to July 2002
Repair Work:
  July 2002 to May 2003
Engineer:   Rand Engineering, New York, N.Y.
Contractors:

 

 Maloy Restoration Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.
$185,000 contract price.
Property Manager:   Dieter Seelig, General Manager;
Charlie Ootamakorn, Head Engineer
Highlights:
  • Replaced defective brickwork and repointed brickwork
    mortar joints along the exterior elevations, parapets, and bulkhead walls.
  • Repaired deteriorated terra cotta and stone elements and stucco sections.
  • Replaced defective clay roofing tile sections.
  • Replaced severely oxidized and deflected window lintel steel.
  • Repaired defective concrete balcony floor surfaces.
  • Pressure washed all exposed masonry surfaces on first three floors of street facades.
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